Example sentences of "go the long way " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the police up on the railway embankment when they walked home from school , and the tunnel fenced off so they had to go the long way round . |
| 2 | He had to go the long way around , but it gave him plenty of time to watch for any indication that there might be anybody at home . |
| 3 | Why did he always want to go the long way round . |
| 4 | If they are doing purely local journeys , then that may be too much and they may prefer to use the Oxford ringroad , but if they are doing long-distance journeys ten miles is not a very significant addition to their journey in length and the congestion on the Oxford ringroad is such that it may actually be shorter in time terms to go the longer way round in distance . |
| 5 | The commander , a Yugoslav general , shuttles back and forth on direct flights instead of going the long way round through Turkey . |
| 6 | Had she gone the long way round , using a main road , she would only have added 10 minutes to her journey . |
| 7 | With the first of the ovens he 'd gone the long way through to the Hall 's kitchens , taking in the sights as he went . |
| 8 | He went the long way home , but did not go down the little gang plank to the barge of a friend of his — a woman who kept ten or so cats on board and brewed some awful drink out of peaches . |
| 9 | Why go the long way round if the computer has the shortcuts ? |
| 10 | Wo n't go the long way round , a short circuit . |
| 11 | Right , we 'll go along we 'll go the long way . |
| 12 | they came look , they came this way , they did n't go , they did n't go the long way round , I believe ya , they came this way up here |
| 13 | erm I do n't personally like motorways , I would I 'm terrified of the M twenty five , I 'd rather go the long way round I 'm afraid , but |
| 14 | We go the long way ; who knows how long it will be before we come this way again ? |
| 15 | He says that there may be a few who go the long way around , but not many . |